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Woman goes into labor as severe weather hits Oklahoma

You can read all the books, but many say that when you're having a baby, you have to roll with whatever comes. One woman said she learned that very thing on Monday when she went into labor just as the threat of severe weather was headed her way.

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Updated: 5:56 PM CDT May 24, 2013

Woman goes into labor as severe weather hits Oklahoma

You can read all the books, but many say that when you're having a baby, you have to roll with whatever comes. One woman said she learned that very thing on Monday when she went into labor just as the threat of severe weather was headed her way.

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Updated: 5:56 PM CDT May 24, 2013

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WEBVTT /clip 64 Two and a half blocks from Plaza Towers Elementary School is the home of Jordan Smith and Chad Cox. That couple was supposed to bring their newborn baby home today. Instead of focusing on what they can't bring him to, they're focused on the gratitude for the baby who may have saved their lives.-- NEW MOM JORDAN SMITH IS COUNTING HER BABY'S TEN FINGERS AND TEN TOES -- AND NOW MORE THAN EVER -- HER BLESSINGS 03.48 we were safe and we all made it through just fine 03.53 JORDAN WENT INTO LABOR AT NORMAN REGIONAL HEALTH PLEX ON MONDAY FOUR DAYS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. AN ALREADY STRESSFUL TIME WHEN SHE LEARNED MONDAY'S POWERFUL TORNADO WAS IN THE PATH OF THEIR HOME. 16.50 all the power went off so having less information was a blessing and terrible because we just didn't know 16.59 WRILEY WAS BORN 7 HOURS AFTER THE STORM HAD PAST -- WHEN CHAD SURVEYED WHAT WAS LEFT OF THEIR HOME... THE ONLY THING IN TACT WAS BABY WRILEY'S NURSERY he was actually due Friday so if he would've come on time we would've probably been at the house 0657 I consider him a hero because he saved us without really even trying 0705 Chad says this house will be demolished in a few days whatever they were able to salvage is being protected by a friend. They're now staying with family and friends, and just like all new parents taking it one day at a time. In Moore Rachel Calderon KOCO 5 News

Woman goes into labor as severe weather hits Oklahoma

You can read all the books, but many say that when you're having a baby, you have to roll with whatever comes. One woman said she learned that very thing on Monday when she went into labor just as the threat of severe weather was headed her way.